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While pharma groans at the endless stream of layoffs, one headhunting firm has some encouraging news: Pharma might be cutting costs, but it's also hiring.

Can pharma take advantage of new healthcare data storage sites such as Google Health and Microsoft?s Health vault? Everyone?s curious, but no one?s talking.

American Red Cross scores a win against Johnson & Johnson in a legal battle over the use of one of the healthcare?s most recognizable symbols

FDA takes the opportunity to remind industry what reminder ads are, as promotional material for Shire's Fosrenol is deemed in violation of advertising rules

In a win-win situation for both companies, Merck gets access to one of the hottest generics firms in the world while Ranbaxy gets a chance to hang with the big boys.

Rather than wait to see which ePedigree legislation becomes law, biotech firm Genzyme has taken the initiative and implemented an electronic track-and-trace program to clamp down on fake meds.

The Hershey Center for Applied Research is bringing social networking to researchers and academics with a new platform that could become a Facebook for the life science community. Does the site, dubbed KnowledgeMesh, have what it takes cut through the Web 2.0 clutter? Pharm Exec takes a closer look.

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Marketers and sales reps feel the brunt of faltering Procrit sales as J&J consolidates its biologics divisions.

Consumer advertising might be taking a hit in the media and Congress, but pharma was all smiles at this year's PhAME Awards as the best DTC campaigns took the spotlight

Still hoping the journal article on your drug's adverse reactions will go unnoticed? Think again. A new partnership between medical journals and physician social networking site Sermo just made chatting about drugs a lot easier.

Tracking business by indication is critical for evaluating market performance and making accurate resource allocations

How to stretch that portfolio to make ends meet

FDA is being pressured to get its act together. The agency says it needs more money and more people to get approvals out the door

A plunging currency and other economic turmoil shouldn't phase pharma, right? Yes and no

Small biotech company is creating a buzz with a diabetes drug that incorporates a component found in red wine. Pharm Exec talks to Sirtris CEO Christoph Westphal about the merger and the battle against diseases of aging.

Bill Gates and Co. officially released Office for Business Applications (OBA) for the life sciences industry. This set of tools allows software developers to build applications that seamlessly connect back-end enterprise systems with MS Office programs.

As companies make headway with Web promotions, their marketers express concerns about how best to benchmark online efforts.

Blog entries about branded drugs-both positive and negative-are turning up in online keyword searches. Should pharma be worried?

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